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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Rep. William G. Stigler urged a House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee to approve an all-colored veterans' hospital in Taft, Oklahoma, a major all-colored town. He noted limited existing facilities, but organizations like the NAACP oppose segregation in favor of integration.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.-(NNPA)
-A House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee was urged last Friday by Representative William G. Stigler, Democrat, of Oklahoma, to approve legislation to construct an all-colored veterans' hospital at Taft, Oklahoma.
He said Taft is one of the largest all-colored towns in the United States, and several state institutions for colored people are already located there. He told the committee that there is only one all-colored hospital for veterans in the country, at Tuskegee, Alabama, although funds have been allocated for construction of another one at Mount Bayou, an all-colored town in Mississippi.
The National Medical Association, the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Negro Newspaper Publishers Association and several other organizations are on record as being opposed to the construction of an all-colored hospital and favoring integration as to both patients and personnel in veterans' facilities.
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Washington, D.C.
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Last Friday
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urged approval of legislation; opposition from organizations favoring integration in veterans' facilities.
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A House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee was urged by Representative William G. Stigler, Democrat, of Oklahoma, to approve legislation to construct an all-colored veterans' hospital at Taft, Oklahoma. Taft is one of the largest all-colored towns in the United States, with several state institutions for colored people already located there. There is only one all-colored hospital for veterans in the country, at Tuskegee, Alabama, with funds allocated for another at Mount Bayou, Mississippi. The National Medical Association, the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Negro Newspaper Publishers Association, and several other organizations oppose the construction of an all-colored hospital and favor integration as to both patients and personnel in veterans' facilities.